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NUTMBG GRATER. V No. 505,886. Patented Oct. 3, 1893.

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ALBERT L. PLATT, OF CLINTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES H. CONKLIN ANDFRANK C. DAVIDSON, OF SAME PLACE.

NUTMEG-GRATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,886, dated October3, 1893.

Application filed February 6, 1893. Serial No. 461,192. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. PLATT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Clinton, in the county of De Witt and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nutmeg-Graters; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in nutmeg graters, the object beingto provide a novel construction of the same, whereby I secure superioradvantages with respect to economy in construction and efliciency inuse.

The invention consists essentially in a case or block of any suitablematerial, having two holes or apertures extending therethrough at rightangles to, and intersecting each other, and a rotatable grater locatedin one of said apertures consisting of a spiral coil of stout wirehaving a nicked periphery, one of the ends of said Wire extendingcentrally through the coil and bent into a crank and journaled in aplate secured to said block or case, as willbe hereinafterfullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a nutmeggrater constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thegrater detached. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modified constructionof the block or case.

In the said drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates a case orrectangular block of wood or other suitable material, having two holesor apertures 2 and 3, extending therethrough at right angles to andintersecting each other, at or near the center thereof.

Located in the hole or aperture 2, is the grater consisting of a pieceof stiff wire bent into a spiral coil 4, one end of which is bentinwardly and extended centrally through the coil to the opposite endthereof, forming an arm 5. The wire is then bent at right angles to arm5, and its end bent outwardly forming a crank 6. an aperture in theplate 7, secured to said case or block which forms a bearing for the arm5. The periphery of the spiral coil is formed with a number of nicks 8at suitable points.

The operation is as follows: The grater is inserted in the aperture 2,with the cranked end passing through the aperture in the plate 7, whichforms a bearing for the'arm 5 thereoff. By now placing a nutmeg in theaperture 3, above the grater and then rotating the latter the nicked orroughened periphery of the coil will act upon the nutmeg and grate orabrade the same, the powdered nutmeg escaping at the lower end of thehole or aperture 3.

From the above it will be seen that the coil is supported at the endopposite the crank by the arm 5, and that the latter has a centralbearing in the plate 7, thus producingavery spiral coil with a nickedperiphery and one end of said wire or rod extending centrally throughsaid coil and through the aperture in said plate, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the. foregoing as my own I have hereuntoatfixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT L. PLATT.

Witnesses:

W. Z. DEWEY, R. A. LEMON.

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